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Karen Gabriel

Karen teaches literature at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi University. She loves the work, because she can speak her mind on any and all topics but in a way that students won’t mind.

“In Memory” may give an example of Karen’s technique. The poem is about a man who has certain qualities at the outset but eventually fades to a “silhouette” under certain circumstances. The poem isn’t hermetic, exactly; rather, its imagery opens the door to readers and invites them to interpret the poem according to their own circumstances or ones they may have witnessed.